Hermannia grisea Schinz

Suffrutex, about 60 cm tall, branched in lower half, stems reddish brown but covered with grey-stellate tomentum; branches virgate, finely grey stellate-tomentose and leafy in lower half, in upper half leaves much reduced, and pubescence reduced mainly to short simple, patent, gland-tipped hairs, some stellate hairs present. Stipules subulate, under 1 mm long. Leaves petiolate; blade narrowly oblong-elliptic, 1.5-4.5 cm long, 0.2-1 cm broad, densely and finely stellate-tomentose on both sides, margin sometimes with short gland-tipped hairs, entire or dentate except in the lower portion; petiole 1-6 mm long. Inflorescence axillary, solitary, 1-flowered, in axils of upper, much reduced, leaves and so appearing racemose; peduncles with short, patent, gland-tipped hairs, 15-21 mm long, minutely bracteate at apex; pedicels 2-6.5 mm long, pubescence same as on peduncles, but with stellate hairs as well. Calyx up to 9 mm long, densely and finely stellate-tomentose, glandular hairs obscured, lobes up to 6.5 mm long, inner face lined with appressed hairs. Petals 3-6 mm long, 2-3 mm broad in upper portion, ± obovate-spathulate, margin inrolled on claw only, auricles not thickened but with pointed, diaphanous setae along the inner edge, inner central face minutely brown-papillate. Stamens with hyaline, obtrullate (kite-shaped) filaments, ciliate in upper portion, ± 3 mm long; anthers about 7 mm long, with the basal portion overlapping the filaments, sparsely patently pubescent. Ovary shortly (0.5 mm) stipitate, 2.5 mm long, 1 mm diam., finely stellate-pubescent and glandular with tufted setae at the apex; styles ± 5.5 mm long, sparsely pubescent in basal portion. Capsule 6-8 mm long, about 6 mm diam., densely and finely stellate-tomentose (glandular hairs or papillae obscured), stipe short, short horns ultimately produced to about 1.5 mm long; seeds subreniform, corrugated and minutely granular to tuberculate.